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<p>This Government has made clear on many occasions that we will never be neutral
in expressing our support for the Union.</p><p>Northern Ireland benefits hugely from
the Union and my steadfast belief is that Northern Ireland’s future is best served
within a stronger United Kingdom.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff
in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK were
(i) on zero-hours contracts and (ii) temporary staff in each of the last two years
up to the most recent period for which records are available.

<p>The UK Border Agency was absorbed into the Home Office on 1 April 2013; its <br>successor
business areas are UK Visas &amp; Immigration and Immigration Enforcement.<br><br>(i)
The Home Office and its Agencies do not employ and have not employed staff <br>on
zero-hours contracts. <br><br>(ii) A geographical breakdown of temporary staff employed
in UK Border Agency <br>successor business areas in each of the last two years is
shown at Table 1.</p><p>[ATTACH TABLE]</p><p><br>NOTE: Office for National Statistics
defines temporary staff as those civil <br>servants with contracts of employment of
less than one year; staff with Fixed <br>Term Appointments and Permanent staff are
reported separately by all government <br>departments, as are Agency and Contingent
Workers.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent
on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant
staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.

<p>The Home Department does not hold centrally details of expenditure on recruitment
agency fees so this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Expenditure
on outplacement agency fees for displaced or <br>redundant staff for the financial
years prior to 2014/15 was not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate
cost. The fully audited figures for 2014/15 will be available in July 2015.<br><br>The
total staff training costs for the financial years 2010/11 to 2013/14 are set out
below:<br><br>2010-11 - £13,598,237<br>2011-12 - £14,860,807<br>2012-13 - £16,986,868<br>2013-14
- £24,715,417<br><br>The full-year audited figures for total staff training expenditure
for 2014-15 will be available in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unresolved (a) asylum
and (b) immigration cases there were in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii)
local authority area in Scotland since May 2010, up to the latest period for which
figures are available in 2013.

<p>The number of outstanding asylum and immigration cases recorded as associated with
each Scottish parliamentary constituency can be found at Table 1 below. The number
of outstanding cases recorded as associated with each Scottish local authority area
can be found in Table 2. The figures that have been provided below relate to main
applicants who have made an immigration application or an asylum claim between 1 May
2010 - 31 December 2013, and whose claim was recorded as unresolved on 31 December
2013. For data protection purposes, cohorts of fewer than 10 people have been indicated
with a *.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data has been compiled by identifying
the latest valid postcode on the Case Information Database (CID). For Scottish postcodes,
this was then matched to the ONS Postcode database to associate it with a parliamentary
constituency and local authority as far as possible. This postcode is the most recently
recorded postcode for correspondence purposes and may not be represent the applicant’s
of place of residence or be the same postcode provided at the time of applying.</p><p>Table
1</p><p><strong>Number of outstanding asylum and immigration cases by constituency</strong></p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Asylum</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen
North</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen South</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airdrie
and Shotts</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll
and Bute</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr, Carrick and
Cumnock</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banff and Buchan</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwickshire,
Roxburgh and Selkirk</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caithness,
Sutherland and Easter Ross</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central
Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coatbridge, Chryston
and Bellshill</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld,
Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries
and Galloway</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfriesshire,
Clydesdale and Tweeddale</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee
East</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee West</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline
and West Fife</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Lothian</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh
East</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh North
and Leith</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh South</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh
South West</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh
West</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow
Central</p></td><td><p>769</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow East</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow
North</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North
East</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North West</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow
South</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow South
West</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glenrothes</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gordon</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness,
Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock
and Loudoun</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy and
Cowdenbeath</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lanark and
Hamilton East</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Linlithgow
and East Falkirk</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Livingston</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell
and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Na h-Eileanan
an Iar</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire and
Arran</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Fife</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ochil
and South Perthshire</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney
and Shetland</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley and
Renfrewshire North</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley
and Renfrewshire South</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth
and North Perthshire</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ross,
Skye and Lochaber</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutherglen
and Hamilton West</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Aberdeenshire and Kincardine</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not able
to determine</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of outstanding asylum
and immigration cases by local authority</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local
Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Asylum</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen
City</p></td><td><p><strong>619</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeenshire</p></td><td><p><strong>112</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll
and Bute</p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City
of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p><strong>1182</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>76</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clackmannanshire</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries
and Galloway</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee
City</p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Ayrshire</p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Lothian</p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eilean
Siar</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fife</p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow
City</p></td><td><p><strong>1819</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1512</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highland</p></td><td><p><strong>62</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
Ayrshire</p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p><strong>144</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney
Islands</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth
and Kinross</p></td><td><p><strong>63</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p><strong>169</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish
Borders</p></td><td><p><strong>33</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shetland
Islands</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Ayrshire</p></td><td><p><strong>39</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p><strong>134</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Lothian</p></td><td><p><strong>107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not
able to determine</p></td><td><p><strong>116</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department
and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each
of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.

<p>The number of people engaged off payroll by the Home Office and the Non Departmental
Public Bodies, for which it is responsible, are published each year in its Annual
report and Accounts. These are available on our website and can be found by following
the links set out below:<br><br>2013-14 (Average number of persons employed) (Page
39)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446<br>/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf<br><br>2012-13
(Average number of persons employed) (Page 45)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660<br>/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf<br><br>2011-12
(Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 46)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619<br>/annual-report-2011-12.pdf<br><br>2010-11
(Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 45)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048<br>/annual-report-201011.pdf</p><p>
</p>

<p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental
values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect
and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since
2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The
overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those
who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that
an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are
clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise
a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t
allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting
hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue
to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups
on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides
an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient
safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's
Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, whether a religious group or
individual which claims that their religion is the only one true faith is included
in its definition of extremism.

<p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental
values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect
and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since
2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The
overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those
who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that
an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are
clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise
a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t
allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting
hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue
to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups
on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides
an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient
safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's
Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what plans the Government has
to consult with faith groups on its definition of extremism.

<p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental
values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect
and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since
2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The
overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those
who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that
an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are
clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise
a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t
allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting
hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue
to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups
on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides
an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient
safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's
Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what her definition is of non-violent
expressions of religious belief which are (a) extreme and (b) not extreme.

<p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental
values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect
and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since
2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The
overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those
who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that
an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are
clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise
a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t
allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting
hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue
to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups
on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides
an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient
safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p>